Crossword puzzle for June 14, 2000

ACROSS
1. Unidentified flying object
4. Shorten
7. The territory occupied by a nation
12. A baglike structure in a plant or animal
13. Bobby __, former NHL star
14. Pertaining to the northernmost and southernmost reaches
15. Put to the test
17. The Muse of lyric and love poetry
18. British Air Aces
19. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
21. Anger
22. Light Russian pancake
24. An association of criminals
25. An open skin infection
26. Sealed metal food container
27. A ceremonial procession including people marching
29. Inspire with love
31. A recurrent time marked by major holidays
35. Much trodden and worn smooth or bare
37. Related to Hmong in southern China
38. Pop
41. Villain
42. National Labor Relations Board
43. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another
44. Rod
45. Dekalitre
46. A reddish brown dye used esp on hair
48. Sunday
52. Type genus of the Irenidae
53. Legal periodical
54. The cry made by sheep
55. A confusion of voices and other sounds
56. Vinyl musical albums
57. Birth control means

DOWN

1. An established custom or practice
2. Transmits the copy by wire or radio
3. Egg-shaped terra-cotta instrument
4. Hairdo
5. A large vessel for making coffee or tea
6. Shake involuntarily
7. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
8. Hill (Celtic)
9. San Antonio fort
10. Mongol
11. A way to ruin

16. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
20. Humbled
22. Bridge building degree
23. Local area network
24. Castanets
25. A very large body of water
27. Edgar Allan __, poet
28. A hiding place
30. Business degree
32. Textbooks
33. Paddle
34. Toff

36. Any bone of the tarsus
38. Indian term of respect
39. Classical music for the stage
40. Cygnus star
42. Take hold of
44. Semitic fertility god
45. Database management system
47. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast
49. Any high mountain
50. Follows sigma
51. Possessed